The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), on 2 June 2016, delivered a ruling on the applicability of value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax (WHT) on reimbursable expenses in the case between Brasoil Oil Services Company (Nigeria) Limited (Brasoil or the Company) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Other issues considered in the case include the applicability of WHT on extraterritorial income and the liability of taxpayers to interest and penalties on additional assessments, after validly objecting to FIRS’ assessments and subsequently filing appeal to contest such assessments.

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The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has issued National Codes of Corporate Governance (the Code) for the private sector, public sector and not-for-profit organisations in Nigeria. The Code, which is effective from 17 October 2016, was issued by FRC following a Federal High Court ruling that FRC has the powers to issue the Codes.

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Analytics is at the forefront of the C-suite’s agenda these days. Operating in today’s complex, highly regulated business environment, leaders can no longer just “trust their gut.” Most companies already have at least a subset of the capabilities they need to engage in business analytics. The challenge is to push those capabilities even deeper into the organization — from business executives to the front lines.

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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has issued a notice to inform the public of a special window opened for taxpayers to avoid payment of penalty and interest charges on tax due between 2013 and 2015. The major objective of the waiver is to promote voluntary compliance and consequently generate revenue for government which otherwise, could have been lost.

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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has continued to seal business premises of defaulting tax payers in continuation of its compliance enforcement drive. The tax agency recently sealed business premises of tax payers in Lagos, Ibadan and Port-Harcourt for failure to settle outstanding tax liabilities, covering periods as recent as 2015.